Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel - Symphony No.1 in D-major, Op.35 (1770's)

[@fmiyaramusic2462]

This is an outstanding work by a non-mainstream composer.

[@Arteshir]

04:30 to 08:54 you open the morning sun window with the mountain view and fresh cool air with scent of Nature blows in and turns the room an your life upside down

[@alexrosales2731]

Una sinfonía impresionante!!! Qué fresca,vital y asombrosa!!! Sólo queda maravillarse y agradecer....

[@eliza7874]

Excellent by any standards.

[@Arteshir]

He is BRILLIANT

[@mrbigarms]

This is so good I bought the CD.

[@adam4842]

Awesome update - a lot of people seem to only remember the likes of Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn as great, but the truth was at the time, many of these were considered as great(er) too. Would love to hear the other symphony from this CD

[@aldeoduguay4785]

Magnifique!!!!

[@barrymalkin9031]

Although not a musicologist like Carey Coleman, I can hear this composer experimenting with different instrumental groupings and harmonies that point the way to the Romantic style. Sterkel is a composer from the intermediate period between Classicism and Romanticism who is definitely worth hearing.

[@artfuldodger4850]

This is brilliant, ClassicFm please buy!

[@tepmich]

RIESIG !!! GROSSARTIG !!! Tepper Michael.

[@enricosala3574]

Splendida musica, anche questa da un autore poco conosciuto, ma eccellente! Da riscoprire 👏👏👏

[@giulianodalmas5949]

si sa dove si inizia ma non si sa dove si va a finire ... la storia della musica del 700 è tutta da riscrivire

[@mrbigarms]

Wow! This really is a very fine work, I'd go far to say Mozart would have been pleased to have compose it during the 1770's.

[@brianknapp8645]

This is quite a bit better then any of the symphonies that Mozart composed in the 1770s. Mozart did not even really develop his own style and counterpoint in his symphonies until his 25th symphony.

[@frauncisshakespeare438]

Greetings again Brian, or should I say Muzio, reincarnated! I'd say that Sterkel was greater than Mozart: far more original , displaying greater depth, a far more evolved emotion, broader deeper and altogether more mature. I cannot see Mozart moving beyond his very late adolescence, emotionally-mentally, intellectually or otherwise. Sterkel speaks as an adult male, Mozart more as a mature youth seeking a fuller maturity but not quite attaining it , hence his great popular appeal to the masses; he was brilliant though, insofar as his level of intellectual and emotional maturity allowed.Mozart has the gloss of true depth, but really lacks it in full. Sterkel definitely possesses something more. Shanti.

[@mrbigarms]

Though Sterkel seemed to be a very fine composer, can he match the greatness achieved by Mozart' in his last two symphonies, I doubt it, otherwise he would be remembered a lot more than he is.

[@stefanstamenic3640]

@@mrbigarms The history of music is so REDUCED that it is actually FALSE - because it puts the focus on the divine talent and neglects knowledge! Traetta is one of many (Jan Dismas Zelenka, Hasse Johann Adolf, Sarro, Leonardo Leo, Schelle, Hose de Nebra, Francisco António de Almeida, Chevalier de Saint-Georges,Tommaso Traetta, Francesco Feo, Stamic, Ditersdorf, Vanhal, Francesco Durante, Giovanni Paisiello, Andrea Luca Luchesi, Thalberg, Josef Mysliveček, Johann Baptist Cramer,...) - unreasonably forgotten pearls of music.

[@andriysavchuk9853]

Powerful symphony

[@giulianodalmas5949]

Il cammino verso l'ignoto o meglio verso il volutamente dimenticato è infinito

[@herrvonunknowngut7141]

A real genius. I should pay attention to his music

[@stefanstamenic3640]

Great composer Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel. unjustly forgotten ! The history of music is so REDUCED that it is actually FALSE - because it puts the focus on the divine talent and neglects knowledge! Traetta is one of many (Jan Dismas Zelenka, Hasse Johann Adolf, Sarro, Leonardo Leo, Schelle, Hose de Nebra, Francisco António de Almeida, Chevalier de Saint-Georges,Tommaso Traetta, Francesco Feo, Stamic, Ditersdorf, Vanhal, Francesco Durante, Giovanni Paisiello, Andrea Luca Luchesi, Thalberg, Josef Mysliveček, Johann Baptist Cramer,...) - unreasonably forgotten pearls of music.

[@igorkuzel4172]

joseph schuster, martin y soler, terradellas,

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Great! Music!

[@danielrodriguez9630]

No debe envidiar a Mozart...Genial.

[@theopaopa1]

gracias !

[@brianknapp8645]

Yet another neglected genius that we wait to hear more from. Sterkel composed 24 symphonies, 6 piano concertos, and various other works. I would love to hear more of them, but someone needs to record them first.

[@ernshaw78]

Brian Knapp and some people need to upload the sheet music. Frequently university orchestras and amateur orchestras usually use the free sheet music and this would be useful in building more repertoire.

[@DressedForDrowning]

Sorry, I don't think that Sterkel is a genius. He's one of the many composers of the 18th century, not more, not less - and not very inspiring or genuine.

[@vituzui9070]

@@DressedForDrowning What do you mean by genuine? I don't know if he is a genius, but he is clearly above average, even for the 18th century. Not all the 18th century compsers are equal.

[@danielrodriguez9630]

Este hombre fue un grande de la musica...

[@walterdennisclark]

Painting... The Tepidarium Theodore Chasseriau A tepidarium was the warm (tepidus) bathroom of the Roman baths heated by a hypocaust or underfloor heating system. The speciality of a tepidarium is the pleasant feeling of constant radiant heat, which directly affects the human body from the walls and floor. --Wikipedia

[@ernshaw78]

What's interesting about people that AREN'T Mozart (W.A) is that one can see the trends in place more so than with him. He wrote what he want for the most part. This composer was following the ideas of the period and his grande ouverture from 1812 is a shining example of what music post Mozart was like.

[@GabrielCarrizosa]

Comulgo plenamente con el acertado comentario de Stefan Stamenic (hace un año) acerca del olvido de sinnúmero de valiosos e importantes compositores; hay que rescatarlos y otorgarles su verdadera posición.

[@pabloportal6138]

El último movimiento de esta sinfonía hace recordar al último movimiento de la sinfonía 39 de Mozart y ambas fueron compuestas por la misma época

[@lorenzocassani8169]

No , mozart’s 39th was composed in the late 1780 . Much later than this simphony

[@helmutgehrmann464]

Ein genialer Priester, der komponiert hat!

[@Arteshir]

Like Vivaldi

[@DoubleAviolin]

According to the list of works on the web site of the Sterkel Gesellschaft (www.sterkel-gesellschaft.org/de/) this symphony is not from the 1870s but from 1893. Much more plausible looking at the style of the music.

[@rkarlmehl7449]

How could this symphony possibly be from 1893 if Sterkel died in 1817???

[@ernshaw78]

I would love if you would be be able to upload the parts and scores. I study music, and unlike Mozart, I can't write out every part from hearing something.

[@AteşOrga]

IMSLP imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_D_major%2C_StWV_128_(Sterkel%2C_Johann_Franz_Xaver)

[@eliza7874]

Brilliant and forgotten

[@12corners]

Well he lived in a very nice town. Lucky sod!

[@ernshaw78]

HE also lived in a time which was so aesthetically delightful he didn't have all the garbage we have today.

[@johnkiunke5617]

Yeah but there was also poop on the streets and only about 5% of people could listen to symphonies like this. Also slavery.

[@vituzui9070]

1. Much more people than that could listen to symponies. There were public concerts and you could just buy your ticket, like today. 2. The idea that people threw their waste in the street is a myth. 3. There were no slaves in Germany during the 18th century.

[@abdul7591]

Kuhlau, Can you identify this recording for us? Thanks.

[@abdul7591]

Never mind, Kuhlau. I tracked it down. Thanks for posting this.

[@theopaopa1]

abdul7591 it is idintifyed ... (just click on "show more")

[@eliza7874]

Very good music overshadowed by the composers the world decided to follow!

[@DressedForDrowning]

Sorry, to me this music is very boring and low-minded. Not a good composer.

[@lorenzocassani8169]

@@DressedForDrowningsorry your comment is low minded and elitist

[@tepmich]

Another WUNDER!!! Tepper Michael.

[@brianknapp8645]

Unlike many shallow 18th century symphonies I have heard, this music sounds like the composer was really trying to say something profound.

[@frauncisshakespeare438]

He did ....... its just that "Mozart" often gets in the way of seeing things as they actually are.

[@DressedForDrowning]

This is exactly what I do NOT feel, when listening to this music.

[@Fayecolavecchio]

So true

[@tonyvillamotte4339]

Walt Disney could have used this piece in one of his Silly Symphonies cartoons...